Michael Keaton Quotes

I take my time to get into the mindset of the character and say my lines. I really have to be the person that I am playing.

I'm a Method actor. I spent years training for the drinking and carousing I had to do in this film.

I wouldn't say I'm a Method actor, but there are times where a role will require you to live in their world.

I like to prepare for my roles well, so you can call me a method actor to an extent.

I am neither a method actor nor a trained one. So, I don't generally prepare for any role. Becoming the character and being in that moment are most important.

I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.

I try to create as many circumstances outside of set that help me fall into character when I get onto set.

I live in the energy and rhythm of the character. To some degree, that's true of every actor I've worked with.

I wouldn't say I'm a Method actor, but I do try to focus very deeply on what character I'm playing, and everything else goes out the window. I forget about everything. I try to get everything else out of my head.

I don't think I've ever watched a movie to prepare for a role.

I find that I kind of have to sink into the character.

Once you are in the character, you should let your inner actor take over you.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

There are two schools of thought: There are those actors who explain to you that they know exactly how they're going to do the part... And then there is the other method, which is to have no method at all. This is mine.

I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.

I do whatever I need to do to get into character. Sometimes it's being incredibly quiet, and sometimes it's being loose and goofy.

He wasn't really Method but he believed that when you did a role there were lots of things you could do with your co-star in order to create the right environment. You known, if you were supposed to be in love, to create that feeling between the two of you.

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

I'm an emotional actor. When I'm doing a scene, I really believe it. I live the part as long as I'm in the scene.

First of all, the actor needs to get out of the character's way. You follow the character without judgment or prejudice or preconceived ideas.

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.

As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

I think it is very important to be a method actor.

There's no one more willing to do something than an actor when it comes to perfecting a scene.

Acting is just common sense. It isn't hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote.